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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Moses spend his summer vacations?

2. What sport does Moses want to sponsor?

3. Why does Roosevelt refuse to allow Moses a permit for a bridge connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn?

4. What does Moses replace when he becomes Parks Commissioner?

5. What club does Moses form at Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Moses' ideas about power changed in Part 5, Chapter 25?

2. Why does Moses constantly find himself in legal battles?

3. How does Moses use his power in Part 4, Chapter 14?

4. In what way do La Guardia and Moses not have a smooth relationship?

5. How has Moses' life changed in Part 4, Chapter 15?

6. What does Moses do with his budget of $4.5 million?

7. How is the older Moses contradicting his younger self in Part 4, Chapter 24?

8. What clause did Moses find in the law?

9. What does the Bureau of Municipal Research do?

10. How does Moses differ from his brother, Paul?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Caro use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the chain of command needed to build New York City in relation to the following:

1) Funding

2) Organization

3) Planning

4) Building

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following questions to answer:

1) Why did Moses not make a good politician?

2) How do people view Moses differently today to when he was alive?

3) How and why did Moses' ideologies change?

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